you are watching cnn newsroom. welcome to the show everyone, it s 9:00 a.m. here in lyiv in ukraine. the russian military was seen as sporting two buses said to be carrying several evacuees to a town east of mariupol as you can see in the video there. the factory has been under bombardment, president zelenskyy is hoping to negotiate the safe evacuation of the soldiers still inside. translator: we are also working on diplomatic options to save our military who remain. mediators are involved, including influential states. meanwhile, russia is hastily putting its stand wherever it can in mariupol ahead of the victory day. a russian flag flies over a hospital, and signs have been changed to russian and they are saying, soviet statues are popping up across the city. victory day, appears this year that he may want to make a show of mariupol, or what is left of it as some sort of prize. we are in southern ukraine with the latest for you. reporter: escorted by armor,
bombardment of that city. details of that this hour. i m rosemary church in atlanta with the latest on the biden administration fighting back about the mask rule taken away from public transportation. reporter: we begin in mar mariupol. russian shelling continues. negotiations are underway to try to open up more evacuation corridors. this is what they hope to publish in terms of evacuations so far. russian forces were not able to adhere to a cease-fire for a much larger humanitarian corridor. president zelenskyy said they do not have what they need to defend the city. translator: according to our information, they are keeping 120,000 people in besieged mariupol. i m confident with the combined efforts we can bring all of those responsible to justice and i promise you we ll find them all. reporter: now to a bleak assessment by the governor. russian troops are destroying everything in their path. the governor says 80% of lieu hans k is under control. u.s. defense offici
fredricka whitfield. we ve got a lot to get to, including as the political season ramps up, the biden white house is continuing with focus on the president s opponents on the crisis at the southern border. former president donald trump s harsh rhetoric and the new contentious law and migrant arrests have reignited the interest of immigrants in the potential election, and elevating the fight over immigration policy to new heights. and now house speaker mike johnson is calling for biden to take executive action to secure the border. so joining me to discuss is kevin liptak at the white house. thanks for being back with us. what is the administration doing to help the situation at the southern border? reporter: they are urgently looking for solutions here. and the phrase that you hear from officials is breaking point, as they re describing what s happening on the southern border, and the numbers really do reflect that. in recent days more than 10,000 migrants unlawfully crosse
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cats. doctor, thank you so much for being with us. thank you. bye-bye. thanks for joining me. i m omar jimenez. we begin with the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza as calls for a ceasefire are mounting. right now israeli troops say they are engaged in ongoing intense fighting against hamas near one of gaza s major medical centers. al shifa hospital has already been hit by artillery fire. the idf has denied the claim by one official in gaza that the hospital is under complete siege with staff and patients unable to evacuate. gaza s biggest hospital is now out of service. the situation on the ground is growing more dire by the day for civilians. the red cross says gaza s health care system has passed the point of no return. but israel is pushing ahead with its attacks. the idf says their soldiers have now captured 11 hamas military posts. today thousands were able to move south during a seven-hour evacuation window. it was the first straight day israel has opened evacuati